Articles about Multifamily

Commercial | November 2018 Renters Are the New Gold Standard
During the second half of 2018, the commercial real estate market has adapted to major shifts occurring within the multifamily sector since 2017. Last year saw a significant increase in renters over h...
By Daniel Palmier, founder, president, and CEO, UC Funds

Commercial | November 2018 Grab onto Affordable-Housing Solutions
A lack of affordable housing continues to plague the United States. There simply isn’t enough new construction in either the for-sale or rental categories to meet today’s needs.
Several factors ...
By Pat Jackson, CEO, Sabal Capital Partners LLC

Residential | September 2018 The Multifamily Arena Can Be Lucrative
Many investors in recent years have shifted from acquiring residential real estate — one to four units — to the multifamily space, which is defined as five or more units. Some reasons for this transit...
By Misty Read, director, Hunt Real Estate Capital

Commercial | September 2018 Prepare for GSE Reform
The future direction of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been a hot-button topic for debate across the multifamily and commercial mortgage industry. Commercial re...
By Susan Graham, president and chief operating officer, Financial Industry Computer Systems Inc.

Commercial | July 2018 Explore the Freddie Mac Fast Track
Cities around the United States have been suffering from a housing-affordability crisis for a number of years. The gap between the supply of and demand for affordable housing has been growing as the c...
By Joshua Reiss, vice president, Hunt Mortgage Group

Commercial | June 2018 The Quest for a Common Digital Language
Much of the appeal of investing in commercial real estate is that it is a tangible asset. For many lenders, buyers and commercial mortgage brokers assessing multifamily properties, however, what is ev...
By Elliot Vermes, founder, redIQ

Commercial | May 2018 Eco-Consciousness Is Within Reach
The combination of higher interest rates, compressed cap rates and increased operating costs have forced many players in the commercial real estate sector to search for alternatives to save on financi...
By Igor Zhizhin, president, American Street Capital LLC

Commercial | May 2018 Flip the Retail Script
The shift in consumer behavior toward embracing e-commerce — which now accounts for about 9 percent of all retail sales, according to the U.S. Census Bureau — has been a dominant trend in this economi...
By Christopher Muoio, senior quantitative strategist, Ten-X Commercial

Commercial | May 2018 Tech is Transforming Small-Balance Lending
The commercial real estate finance industry has traditionally been a sluggish innovator — a sector that has been slow to pioneer cutting-edge improvements or advancements. That is no longer the case, ...
By Pat Jackson, CEO, Sabal Capital Partners LLC

Commercial | April 2018 Green Financing Benefits Business
Issuance of so-called green bonds, which are backed by mortgages on climate-friendly assets, hit a record $155.5 billion worldwide in 2017. This year, that figure could reach $250 billion to ...
By Chrissa Pagitsas, director, Fannie Mae multifamily green-financing business

Commercial | March 2018 Locate the Oasis
At the start of 2018, commercial real estate lenders and investors are continuing to make adjustments to marketplace changes caused by tightening bank requirements and regulations. Over the past year,...
By Daniel Palmier, founder, president, and CEO, UC Funds

Commercial | February 2018 Keep Micros in Mind
Definition
Micro unit
There is not a standard defi...
By Peter Clasquin, managing director, Hunt Mortgage Group

Commercial | January 2018 Viewpoint: Commercial Real Estate Remains on Solid Footing
The commercial real estate market has experienced substantial growth and evolution, and continues to be a vital sector of the U.S. economy. As evidence of that fact, according to research by the Mortg...
By Rodrigo Lopez, executive chairman, AmeriSphere Properties

Commercial | January 2018 Scale the Multifamily Mountain
Agency-based loans through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service (RHS), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have plenty of advantages, making them...
By Alex Cohen, CEO, Liberty SBF

Commercial | December 2017 Capitalize on Construction
No one is surprised that interest rates are going up. After hitting all-time lows for an extended period of time, there was only one direction rates could head. At the same time, mortgage rates overal...
By Peter Vilmos, partner, Burr & Forman